Poalim Bank

                                           Bank Hapoalim B.M.                Tav 121                    

                                              Number with the Registrar: 520000118                 Public

The securities of the corporation are listed for trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Abbreviated Name: Poalim

Street: P.O.B. 27, Tel Aviv 61000

Tel: 03-5673800; 03-5673333; Fax: 03-5674576

E-mail: yoram.weissbrem@mailpoalim.co.il

 

Transmission Date: 18/01/2012

Reference:018837 -01-2012

 

Securities Authority                                        Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.

www.isa.gov.il                                                www.tase.co.il

 

                                                     Immediate Report

 

Explanation:  This form should not be used when there is a form

                                                  appropriate to the reported event.

Results of an issue should be reported on Tav 20 and not on this form.

A report on the rating of bonds or the rating of a corporation

should be filed under Form Tav 125.

Nature of the Event: Holdings of interested parties and office holders

 

Bank Hapoalim B.M. (hereinafter: "Bank Hapoalim") respectfully advises that on 17.01.2012 it received a report from The Phoenix Holdings Ltd., an interested party in Bank Hapoalim, about a change in its holding of securities of Hapoalim Hanpackot Ltd. (hereinafter: "Poalim Hanpackot"), a company controlled by Bank Hapoalim, as follows:

On  16.01.2012  Delek Investments and Properties Ltd. Executed  2  purchase  transactions of 100,000  securities of  Poalim Hanpackot  10  Security Number 1940402, at prices of between 131.17 - 131.18  Ag. (the average weighted price being 131.17 Ag.). After the purchase the extent of the holding of  Delek Investments and Properties Ltd. of the total of the securities of that type stood at 1,400,000  which constitute 0.04%.

  

Attached is file _________

 

The time of day when the corporation first learned of the event:  17/01/2012 at 16:52 o'clock

 

The reference numbers of the previous documents on the subject (any citation made does not constitute inclusion by way of reference):

 

Previous names of reporting entity:

 

                                                    Date on which the structure of the form was updated: 04/01/2012